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Gutta-Percha Willie
The story revolves around Willie Macmichael, a young boy with a curious and thoughtful nature, who embarks on a journey of self-discovery and learning.
"Gutta-Percha Willie" by George MacDonald is a children's novel set during the mid-19th century. The story revolves around Willie Macmichael, a young boy with a curious and thoughtful nature, who embarks on a journey of self-discovery and learning.
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When he had been at school for about three weeks, the boys called him Six-fingered Jack; but his real name was Willie, for his father and mother gave it him—not William, but Willie, after a brother of his father, who died young, and had always been called Willie. His name in full was Willie Macmichael. It was generally pronounced Macmickle, which was, by a learned anthropologist, for certain reasons about to appear in this history, supposed to have been the original form of the name, dignified in the course of time into Macmichael. It was his own father, however, who gave him the name of Gutta-Percha Willie, the reason of which will also show itself by and by.
Contents
- 01Willie's Horse-Shoeing Forge (Frontispiece) Mrs Wilson's Stories Willie with the Baby Willie Taken to See a Water-Wheel Willie Told His Father All About It "That's Willie Again" Willie Makes a Bird of
- 02The History of Gutta-Percha Willie.
- 03Chapter I.
- 04Who He Was and Where He Was.
- 05Chapter II.
- 06Willie's Education.
- 07Chapter III.
- 08He Is Turned Into Something He Never Was Before.
- 09Chapter IV.
- 10He Serves an Apprenticeship.
- 11Chapter V.
- 12He Goes to Learn a Trade.
- 13Chapter VI.
- 14How Willie Learned to Read Before He Knew His Letters.
- 15Chapter VII.
- 16Some Things That Came of Willie's Going to School.
- 17Chapter VIII.
- 18Willie Digs and Finds What He Did Not Expect.
- 19Chapter IX.
- 20A Marvel.
- 21Chapter X.
- 22A New Alarum.
- 23Chapter XI.
- 24Some of the Sights Willie Saw.
- 25Chapter XII.
- 26A New Scheme.
- 27Chapter XIII.
- 28Willie's Nest in the Ruins.
- 29Chapter XIV.
- 30Willie's Grandmother.
- 31Chapter XV.
- 32Hydraulics.
- 33Chapter XVI.
- 34Hector Hints at a Discovery.
- 35Chapter XVII.
- 36How Willie Went on.
- 37Chapter XVIII.
- 38Willie's Talk with His Grandmother.
- 39Chapter Xvix.
- 40Chapter XX.
- 41How Willie Did His Best to Make a Bird of Agnes.
- 42Chapter XXI.
- 43How Agnes Liked Being a Bird.
- 44Chapter XXII.
- 45Willie's Plans Bud.
- 46Chapter XXIII.
- 47Willie's Plans Blossom.
- 48Chapter XXIV.
- 49Willie's Plans Bear Fruit.
About this edition
- Author
- George MacDonald
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Introductory: no background needed
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 176 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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